What Is a Computer?

Duration: 19

Year Published: 1970

Creator: Argo Record Company

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Describes the development and uses of the computer from a unitary system, to the abacus, to the binary system. Diagrams the important components of a computer and uses a flow chart to give the functions of each component. Defines such terms as alphanumeric, program, and flow chart and describes how numbers are punched into cards, converted to pulses, and stored magnetically in computer memory.